The first online broadcasting network focused on global innovation and how information and technology are driving change in healthcare kicks off with live coverage at HIMSS18 conference in Las Vegas next week.

Sachin Shetty, associate professor at Old Dominion University's Center for Cybersecurity Education and Research, is excited about blockchain's potential, and is doing research with Sentara Healthcare into how it could be deployed. But privacy and scalability pose challenges, he said.